Attachment for force-feed faucets



(E0 Model.)

G. P. GATES 85 G. THAUER. ATTACHMENT FOR FORGE FEED FAUCETS. No. 562,892.

Patented June 30, 18 96.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. GATES AND GEORGE TI-IAUER, OF \VATERTOWN, WlSC-ONSIN.

ATTACHMENT FOR FORCE-FEED FAUCETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,892, dated June 30, 1896.

Application filed March 1, 1893- To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, GEORGE I. GATES and. GEORGE THAUER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Vatertown, in the county of Jefferson, and in the State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvem cuts in Attachments for Force-Feed Faucets; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to attachments for force-feed faucets; and it consists in the matters hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view'of our improved device, showing the same applied to the discharge-spout of a force-feed faucet. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of our said device, showing portions broken away to better illustrate the construction.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A designates the discharge-spout of a force-feed faucet, and B a tubular attachment adapted for detachable engagement therewith. This tubular part B is provided at its upper end with an enlarged socket B, having an interior, annular shoulder 19. Set-screws G C are passed through the wall of the socket B and are arranged to engage with the spout A to hold the tubular extension in engagement therewith, said screws being conveniently arranged at an angle, as shown, so as to engage with the upper side of the usual annular flange a onthe lower end of the spout A. A suitable packing-ring G is interposed between the annular shoulder 19 and the lower end of the spout A, as shown, so as to afford a tight joint between the spout A and the tubular extension 13, the obliquely-arranged screws 0 O obviously serving to draw said tubular part upwardly toward said spout. A yoke D, comprising pendulous arms DD, pivotally engaged at d d with the outside of the tube 13, and a cross-piece D connecting the lower ends of said arms, is provided, said yoke being arranged to swing upon the conneo'tions cl cl, so as to bring the cross-piece D beneath the lower end of the tube B to close the same in an obvious manner.

As shown more particularly in Fig. 1, we prefer to make the lower end b of the tube Serial No. 464,180. (No model.)

B somewhat oblique, and we make the upper face of the cross-piece D with a corresponding incline. WVe furthermore provide a suitable packing E, of leather or other suitable material, upon the inclined upper face of the cross-piece D to which it is conveniently secured by a screw or rivet 6. It follows from this construction that, when the yoke is moved into a position to bring the cross-piece D bcneath the inclined or oblique lower end of the tube 13, the packing E will be forced into engagement with said oblique end, and, by the oblique arrangement of said end and said packing, a very tight joint will be effected. A suitable projection d is conveniently provided at the side of the cross-piece D which forms a convenient handle by which the yoke may be operated and by means of which said yoke may be held away from the tube when desired, said projection being adapted for engagement with any desired device for suspending the yoke in its open position We make the tubular extension B preferably somewhat tapering from top to bottom, the lower end being of such diameter as to enable it to be readily inserted in the neck F of an ordinary jug or bottle.

Great difficulty has heretofore been expert enced in filling narrow-necked vessels, such as bottles or jugs, with. syrups, thick oils, varnishes, and such substances by means of the ordinary force-feed faucets, from the fact that the discharge spouts thereof are not made of such a size as to be inserted in the necks of said vessels, and unless the discharge spout or tube is thus inserted the thick viscid material will not flow into the narrow neck of the vessel which it is desired to fill. It has therefore been a common practice to use a funnel for directing the syrup or other material into the vessel to be filled; but it has been found that where the material is fed into the vessel by gravity alone (as is the case in using a funnel) the operation of filling the vessel is very tedious and unsatisfactory. It is to overcome this difficulty, and to render the operation of filling narrow-necked vessels expeditious and easy, that we have devised our improved attachment. 1

It will be seen that, by reason of the packed joint between the spout A and the tube B, there can be no leakage of the material at the joint, and that when force is applied to expel the viscid materials they will be expelled Having described our invention, what we 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a force-feed faucet, the regularly-tapering tube A, provided with'an enlarged upper end, and having an annular flange a, at bottom, in combination with the detachable tu- L hula-r part 13, provided with a contracted lower end with an oblique face, and having an enlarged perforated socket 13, provided with an interior, annular, shoulder 12; aseries of set-screws O, obliquely adjusted through the perforations in the wall of the socket, and abutting the flange a; the interposed packing 0; the pivotally-attached yoke D, comprising the pendulous arms D, and cross piece D and the packing E, secured upon the upper face of the cross-piece, the latter provided with the projecting handle (1, all constructed, arranged, and operating as hereinbefore described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands, at Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of \"is .consin, in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE P. GATES. GEORGE THAUER. \Vitnesses:

MICHAEL QUIGLEY, LEONARD S. OWEN. 

